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Thangata, P.H., Alavalapati, J.R.R., Hildebrand, P.E. (2004). Metamodeling Agroforestry Adoption. In: Valuing Agroforestry Systems. Advances in Agroforestry, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2413-4_12
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